Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य एनां वनिमायन्ति तेषां देवकृता वशा। ब्रह्मज्येयं तदब्रुवन् य एनां निप्रियायते

IAST Transliteration

yé enā́ṃ vanimā́yanti téṣāṃ devákṛtā vaśā́ | brahmajyéyaṃ tád abruvan yá enāṃ nipriyā́yate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

They who would bargain over her, for them the vāśā-cow is a god-wrought (bane). ‘A wrong against Brahman-power,’ so have they said, (is the deed) of him who withholdeth her in grudging wise.

Translation

जो लोग उसके लिए सौदा-तोल (बोल-भाव) करते हैं, उनके लिए वाशा-गाय देवकृत (विपत्ति) बनती है। ‘यह ब्रह्म-शक्ति के विरुद्ध अपराध है’—ऐसा उन्होंने कहा है—जो उसे कंजूसी से रोककर रखता है।

Word by Word

येwho (those who)

एनाम्her / this (woman)

वनिमायन्तिthey practice deceit/witchcraft against (her)

तेषाम्of them

देवकृताmade by the gods / divinely wrought

वशाa controlling power; (also) a ‘vashā’ cow / spell of subjugation

ब्रह्मज्येयम्to be overcome by brahman (sacred power); brahman-conquerable

तत्that

अब्रुवन्they said

येwho (those who)

एनाम्her / this (woman)

निप्रियायतेhe/she becomes ill-disposed toward; turns hostile to

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Brahman (sacral power) and Devas as enforcers; vāśā-cow as agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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